SAY IT ISN'T SO! The
leaders in Florida are going to replace the Florida State
Song "OLD FOLKS AT HOME" with an antiquated,
boring and rather tone-deaf one. The state of Florida
will now be known for it's poor taste in music as well as
being the culprit who helped put one, GEORGE W BUSH
into The Presidential Oval Office of the USA. (With of
course, the help of the SCOTUS!)
Scroll down to listen to the "NEW" sorryass
song.
Old Folks at Home,
Ethiopian Melody As Sung by Christy's Minstrels,
Written and Composed by E. P. Christy.
(New York: Firth, Pond & Co., 1851)
Way down upon de Swanee
ribber,
Far, far away,
Dere's wha my heart is turning ebber,
Dere's wha de old folks stay.
All up and down de whole creation,
Sadly I roam,
Still longing for de old plantation,
And for de old folks at home.
All de world am sad and dreary,
Ebry where I roam,
Oh! darkeys how my heart grows weary,
Far from de old folks at home.
All round de little farm I wander'd
When I was young,
Den many happy days I squander'd,
Many de songs I sung.
When I was playing wid my brudder,
Happy was I,
Oh! take me to my kind old mudder,
Dere let me live and die.
All de world am sad and dreary,
Ebry where I roam,
Oh! darkeys how my heart grows weary,
Far from de old folks at home.
One little hut among de bushes,
One dat I love,
Still sadly to my mem'ry rushes,
No matter where I rove.
When will I see de bees a humming,
All round de comb?
When will I hear de banjo tumming,
Down in my good ole home?
All de world am sad and dreary,
Ebry where I roam,
Oh! darkeys how my heart grows weary,
Far from de old folks at home.
PERHAPS, THE
"OLD FOLKS AT HOME" SONG SHOULD BE REPLACED
BECAUSE IT WAS NOT VERY REALISTIC TO IMAGINE A VICTIM OF
SLAVERY, SINGING ABOUT THE HAPPY DAYS OF HIS
CHILDHOOD DOWN ON THE GOOD OLD PLANTATION. BUT PLEASE,
COULDN'T THEY FIND A MORE UPBEAT REPLACEMENT? I GUESS
CONSIDERING THE SINGLE- MINDED PEOPLE IN HIGH PLACES
THERE IN THE SUNSHINE STATE... I GUESS NOT!.
WHY DIDN'T THEY ASK THE TEMPTATIONS WHAT THE NEW SONG OF
FLORIDA SHOULD BE? IF THEY HAD, THE STATE SONG WOULD HAVE
BEEN "SWANEE, HOW I LOVE YA, HOW I LOVE
YA, MY DEAR OLE SWANEE"
